Frank Oz

Birthday:

05/25/1944

Place of birth:

Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK:

Biography:

Frank Oz born Richard Frank Oznowicz; is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show and for directing films, including the 1986 Little Shop Of Horrors remake and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He is also the operator and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars series.



Credits

Inside Out 2 (2024)
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic (2022)
Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Self (archive footage)
Echoes of Violence (2021)
Dante
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson (2020)
Himself
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Yoda (voice)
Knives Out (2019)
Alan Stevens
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019)
Cookie Monster
Howard (2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Director and the Jedi (2018)
Self
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Yoda (voice)
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (2017)
Himself
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Cookie Monster (voice)
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)
Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
Inside Out (2015)
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2015)
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams (2014)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
Self
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story (2009)
Jim Henson's Tales From Muppetland (2009)
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' (2007)
Himself
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006)
Bert (voice)
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006)
Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time (2006)
Grover (voice)
Best Ever Muppet Moments (2006)
Self
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
Robot (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Yoda (voice)
Muppet History 101 (2004)
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments (2004)
Muppet Music Moments (2004)
Self
When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004)
Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
Self
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
Yoda (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (2004)
Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' (2003)
Muppet Performer
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs (2003)
Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (2002)
Self / Yoda
Films Are Not Released, They Escape (2002)
Self
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002)
Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Yoda (voice)
I Love Muppets (2002)
Self
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Jeff Fungus (voice)
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' (2001)
Self
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 (2001)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppets from Space (1999)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Yoda (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show (1999)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 (1999)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
CinderElmo (1999)
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
Self
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998)
Grover (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Warden
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997)
Bert (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997)
Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (1996)
Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share (1996)
Cookie Monster
The World of Jim Henson (1994)
Self
Muppet Classic Theater (1994)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Bert / Grover (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! (1993)
Grover
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit / Fozzie Bear as Fozziewig / Sam the Eagle as Headmaster of Junior High Graduates / Animal / George the Janitor / Horse and Carriage Driver / Vegetable Salesman (voice)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Pathologist
Muppet*Vision 3-D (1991)
Fozzie Bear
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / ... (voice)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special (1990)
Miss Piggy (voice)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)
Self
The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)
Sesame Street: Monster Hits! (1990)
Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (1989)
Miss Piggy
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz (1989)
Self
Free to Be... a Family (1988)
Miss Piggy (voice)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1988)
Muppet Performer
The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988)
Bert
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988)
Fozzie Bear (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Various Characters
Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987)
Labyrinth (1986)
The Wiseman
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986)
Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986)
Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
Spies Like Us (1985)
Test Monitor
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (1985)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Follow That Bird (1985)
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Muppet Treasures (1985)
Fozzie Bear (voice)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985)
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Muppet Revue (1985)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets (1985)
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets (1984)
Frank Oz (self)
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Self
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Trading Places (1983)
Corrupt Cop
Big Bird in China (1983)
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Yoda (voice)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (1983)
Himself
Muppet Breakthrough (1983)
Grump
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
I Love Liberty (1982)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Miss Piggy (voice)
Return of the Ewok (1982)
Yoda (voice)
Of Muppets & Men (1981)
Self
Muppet Side Splitter (1981)
Grump (voice)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Mr. Collins / Miss Piggy (archive footage)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Yoda
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Corrections Officer
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Yoda (Voice)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
Various Muppets
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
The Orson Welles Show (1979)
Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
Meal Break (1979)
Grump
Grump Critic (1979)
Grump
Let's Have the Dam Break (1979)
Grump
Muppet Gimme a Break (1979)
Grump
Muppet Breaker Upper (1979)
Grump / Quongo
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Hip Hip Parade! (1978)
Fozzie Bear
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (1977)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
Chuck (voice)
Muppet Picker Upper (1975)
Sam the Eagle (voice)
The Muppet Introduction (1975)
Sam the Eagle
Just a Few Announcements (1975)
Sam the Eagle
Out to Lunch (1974)
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)
Rat
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971)
Gawain
The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970)
Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)
The Muppets on Puppets (1970)
Himself
Sesame Street Pitch Reel (1969)
Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)
Hey, Cinderella! (1969)
Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
The Paperwork Explosion (1967)
Time Piece (1965)
Messenger boy
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas ()
Star War The Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West ()
Vanquish Is / Particularly Reach the Master
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself (2020)
Director
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson (2020)
Director
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (2017)
Director
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Director
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Director
The Score (2001)
Director
Bowfinger (1999)
Director
In & Out (1997)
Director
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Producer
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Director
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Executive Producer
Housesitter (1992)
Director
What About Bob? (1991)
Director
Muppet*Vision 3-D (1991)
Director
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Director
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Director
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Director
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Screenplay
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Director
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Producer
Run, Run (1965)
Director of Photography